A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Excise

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A 1716 Digest of English Excise Taxes [Taxation]. [Great Britain]. A Collection of All the Statutes Now in Force, Relating to the Excise Upon Beer, Ale, And Other liquors; And the Duties Upon Candles, Hops, Sope, Paper, Callicoes, &c. And Upon Starch, And Gilt and Silver Wire. With an Abridgment of the Said Statutes, And a Table of the Rates upon the Several Liquors, &c. Shewing by What Acts they are Imposed. To Which is Added, A Table of Allowances for Common Brewers, &c. London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty [et al.], 1716. [ii], 744, [94] pp. [Bound with] Anno Tertio Georgii Regis. In the Act for Continuing the Duties on Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry. [London: S.n., 1716]. 7 pp. Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, minor worming to rear board, moderate rubbing to extremities, chips to spine ends, front joint starting at ends, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior, faint dampspotting to a few leaves, light edgewear to preliminaries. $350. * First edition. Arranged chronologically and then alphabetically digested, this was the first substantial effort to catalogue the realm's excise taxes aimed at consumers. Other editions followed in 1722, 1724 and 1737. Bound with our copy is an unrecorded printing of an act of George III continuing similar duties. Collection: Goldsmiths' Catalogue of Economic Literature 5305. English Short-Title Catalogue T132672. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 75560

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